Sometimes the game was so dramatic, and the Lakers played the dominant game in the last minutes of the first half, but by the beginning of the third quarter, the situation immediately changed.

Let's talk about playing with the Warriors, a few points or even a dozen points is not a point difference, this time it proves this again, Barnes, who opened today, broke out after being suppressed by Green for five or six minutes, and scored three three-pointers in a row in the third quarter, while the Lakers maintained a shooting rate of up to 50 percent, but the Warriors tied the score in more than a minute.

Liu Ren is really painful, as soon as he came on the court, except for a strong basket and a layup, he was forced to shoot twice by Barnes, and after being blocked by Randle, he was shot by Barnes, what else is useless?

This Barnes was stunned under Green's defense, why did he suddenly explode when he was defending? And this Randall, isn't he tired? There was not a second of rest in the half.

Liu Ren hates this kind of physical weirdness...... Forehead...... He forgot that he was also an individual, and he could blame it.

Not only is the defensive end depressed, but Liu Ren is also depressed on the offensive end, the Warriors' group of people are really deplorable in defense, and the rest of the Lakers can let go, so they won't let him go.

But today Kobe Bryant is not there, the Warriors are stricter on his defense, but McCollum keeps getting opportunities, this time it was not arranged by D'Antoni, but McCollum really seized the opportunity, after Barnes cut three three-pointers in a row, McCollum and Antetokounmpo supported the Lakers' offense, and were not crushed by the Warriors' sudden wave of offense.

Driven by McCollum's offensive firepower and Antetokounmpo's passing, the Lakers' offense of Nance Jr. and Monroe also played quite well, and Liu Ren was targeted alone, and he had to keep running to constantly find scoring opportunities for himself to attract the Warriors' defense to a greater extent, but his actions could only allow him to maintain normal scoring and could not give him a chance to break out.

Liu Ren is depressed, Curry is also depressed, every time he plays the Lakers, he will be used as a key defensive object, it is not difficult to score 30 points, but it is almost impossible to break out.

In fact, for a really super strong team, this kind of thing is very normal.

The strongest players of the super team are not actually the key to determining the direction of the game, their role is to get the points they deserve and help the team lay the foundation, and the specific direction of the game depends on the role players.

For example, last season, Curry was undoubtedly the core of the Warriors, the one who scored first, and the Lakers also used Kobe Bryant as the first offensive option last season, but the two teams played each other last season, Kobe and Curry's performance was only normal, Kobe Bryant scored 22 or 3 points, Curry scored 256 points, and there was no chance to break out, but Klay Thompson and Liu Ren broke out, and staged several big scenes of the two against Biao.

In the past, when the Heat won two consecutive championships, James played that foundation, and those role players were the key to winning, such as the sixth game of the 2013 Finals, if there was no James in the fourth quarter of the steady and continuous scoring and assists, the score was bitten to death, and there was no chance for Ray Allen to kill the final shot.

The Lakers' five championships in the new century, if there is no continuous and consistent performance of O'Neal and Kobe Bryant to drag the game, there is no chance for Fisher to become Mr. Key.

Liu Ren and Curry are both depressed and desperate to stretch the scoring space for their teammates as much as possible.

Generally speaking, the Warriors have an advantage in overall strength today, and the reason is that the Lakers did not play Kobe today, and Korver is no longer as brave as last season, without Kobe, the Lakers' first off-ball offensive point, and the Lakers began to fall in the third quarter at the moment of the real bayonet fight.

D'Antoni is very anxious, it is indeed a misstep to not go to Kobe today, but if he is given a chance to re-elect, he will still take Kobe Bryant off in rotation, because the coach has to count when he speaks, otherwise it will have an adverse impact on the team's morale.

What hurts D'Antoni is not on Kobe, but on Kover.

Korver was a great one last season, averaging 3 three-pointers per game in the regular season, most of his average of nearly 12 points per game were three-point points, and the three-point shooting rate was a terrifying 49 percent during the Hawks period, and the Lakers reached 52 percent that made opponents look like they saw a nightmare, and the three-point shooting rate for the whole season was 50.7 percent!

But this year, Korver's decline is a bit great, of course, it is only relative to last season, he still has a 40 percent three-point shooting rate this year, and often has four or five three-pointers in a single game and a very high shooting rate, but there are also three-point N 0, and then he is not afraid to shoot.

Korver's form wasn't so good today, he got six shots in playing time, only hit one three-pointer, and on the defensive end he was just as bad as Nick Young, just like when Nick Young came on the court at the beginning of the second quarter, Korver came on the court and gave the Warriors several rounds of scoring opportunities.

A combination of factors meant that the game didn't go as D'Antoni envisioned, with the Warriors overtaking and then slowly pulling away......

Antetokounmpo and McCollum were two of the Lakers' best performances today, as they combined for 53 points as starters, but they couldn't stop the Lakers from losing......

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On January 15, the Lakers lost the 41st game of the season, 116-120, not much to lose, there are various reasons for losing, and there is even a reason for self-comfort, that is, Kobe Bryant did not play.

But a loss is a loss, and judging by the score, the Lakers lost unjustly.

Antetokounmpo scored 20 points, McCollum 33 points, Liu Ren 24 points, and the Lakers only scored 106 points as a team, and the three of them scored 77 of them.

Except for these three people, the shooting percentage of the rest of the Lakers can be described as terrible.

As the season progresses, some issues that were previously unrecognizable are now starting to surface.

This year's Lakers are very different from last season, and the biggest difference is that several young players have improved their strength, which is really not a good thing for the Lakers.

Clarkson, Antetokounmpo, LaVine, McCollum have made great progress, especially Antetokounmpo and McCollum, they all have the strength to become absolute starters with any change of team, and they need to play more with the ball, LaVine also began to be restless, as the season deepens This restlessness is becoming more and more obvious, which is also the reason why D'Antoni has a tough implementation of the rotation rest strategy, Green didn't get much playing time today, although the Lakers have played ugly since the second half, But D'Antoni still wants to give LaVine more playing time, and he has to put Antetokounmpo in the power forward position.

But what can D'Antoni do, he can only let them play happily in the regular season, so that in the playoffs, they can have a reason to obey the arrangement, so that they can have no complaints, because D'Antoni's purpose is the same as that of the Lakers management, and the goal is to defend the title......

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January 16 at 1 p.m.

Toyota Center Training Complex.

Magic, Kupchak, Nash, Pelinka, the four current leaders of the Lakers — are having a meeting at the Staples Center about the team's future roster.

"Giannis is practicing shooting again today? I just finished the game yesterday, this young man is really not afraid of being tired! The magician laughed.

"Haha, I just saw the boss's depressed face, it seems that he was pulled by Giannis to train again, the boss doesn't like to go out, and he usually trains at home on his days off." Nash had a look of pity for Liu Ren.

"Alas, Giannis is such a great player, talented and hardworking, but it's a pity that it's not in our team's future building plan." Pelinka sighed.

"That's right......" The magician also regretted a little, and then changed his words, "but why can't we try to keep Giannis?" He's totally good at point guard, he's playing well, he's playmaking, and he's able to step up and score 20 points when he needs to score like he did in the last game. ”

Hearing this, Kupchak hesitated and said: "We already have Zach, he is the core guard candidate that the boss personally asked to trade back, even if it is just to make the boss happy, we have to keep him, not to mention that Zack's talent you have all seen, very good, enough to serve as the core of the future point guard." ”

Kupchak has been a bit depressed lately.